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Our Brunei Heritage

My third book "Our Brunei Heritage" will be available at The Best Eastern bookshops and will also be available at other bookshops very soon. This third volume comprises of articles that I wrote for my column The Golden Legacy in The Brunei Times for the year 2009. Limited copies are also available directly from my office.

The 51 articles in the book are as follows:

Sultanate of Sambas - Descendants from Brunei

The Streets of Bandar Seri Begawan

The British Residents of Brunei Darussalam

A Short History of the Immigration Department

The Historic Kampong Mentiri

The Brunei National Flag

The First National Day Celebrations 1984

Sultan Muhammad Hassan

The Maulidur Rasul Celebrations in Brunei

The Origin of Brunei's Legislative Council

Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka

Brunei Through Other People’s Eyes

A City of Many Waters

Kampong Burong Pingai Berakas 50 years on dry land

In the Aftermath of World War II

The 1905 Belfeld Report

The Post War Political Development

Barisan Pemuda’s Role in Brunei’s Political Development

Old Brunei Got Mail!

The Meal of a Millinieum

The Ancient Limau Manis

Foreign Coins in Brunei

Without Fear of Favour

Brunei’s 19th Century Coins

The Guardian of Brunei’s Treasure

Ancient Trading Customs of Brunei and China

The Brunei Time Lines

His Majesty’s Birthday Celebrations Then and Now

The Lumut Archaeological Discovery

A Short History of Planting Rice

Accounts of Early Brunei History

Brunei or Berunai?

Brunei in London News

Ramadhan, Yesterday and Today

Past and Present Brunei Malay Traditional Costume

Hari Raya Cakes, Yesterday and Today

Ramadan and Hari Raya Practises

The Brunei Civil Service

A Brief History of Brunei’s Written Constitution

The History of Brunei Darussalam’s Crests

The Origins of Brunei

The First Chinese Temple in Bandar Seri Begawan

Brunei’s Early Education System

The Education Legacies of Sultan Omar Ali

The 1909 Land Code

Modern Land Administration

The History of the Borneo Games

Gala Night of the School Year

School Holidays Past and Present

Circumcision Past and Present

The Brunei Shipwreck

I hope you will enjoy reading this book as much as I have enjoyed writing it.

History teachers are welcome to contact me via e-mail to get your free copies.

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Comments

Mahmud Mohd Daud said…

Congrats, well done. At least we have some manifestations of tempoh dulu.

Ive just read few chapter from this book and came across with our article regarding Kg Mentiri and their big trees (that took atleast 6 persons hand in hand to hug the tree). Two years back, me and one of NGO visited bukit at mentiri area. forest is still thick and we stopped by a big buttress tree. I hope it somehow related to your article.

HiRozan, glad to read your books. I am from brother , father was involved in the building of SOAS mosque. i recently wrote a note about himhttp://foousa.blogspot.com/i will be in brunei form Feb 27 to March. Want to know if we could meet for a coffee. My borther Pyng works in century travel;Tel: 673- 22 21 747 / 2236 671. OR LEAVE YOUR CONTACT IF YOU LIKEREGARDSSHF

DESPITE first making its appearance in the Sultanate during the 1940s, Kuih Mor continues to be a household favourite today as a tea time snack or festive treat particularly during Hari Raya Aidil Fitri.

Siti Norhafizah Hj Bagol, a final year student at Universiti Brunei Darussalam who researched on Kuih Mor as part of her Brunei Traditional Industry module, said the three-ingredient sweet treat may have existed in Brunei as early as the 1940s when padi was known to have been grown to make different food items.

Over time, the cookie has also become a popular door-gift choice often handed out at Malay weddings or gatherings, said Siti Norhafizah.

Made with flour, oil and granulated sugar which have been ground into a powder, the bite-sized biscuits have a crumbly texture and are coated with powdered sugar.

The age-old technique of making Kuih Mor by hand has however changed over the course of time, with many now opt…